Religion and Societies: Asia and the Middle EastCarlo Caldarola The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems – both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series. |
Contents
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Searching for Identity | 85 |
The Evolutionary Dialectics of a Buddhist State | 333 |
A Sacred Society in Modern Garb | 371 |
Searching for Integration | 407 |
Islam in a Pluralistic Society | 445 |
Searching for Consensus | 497 |
EAST ASIA | 549 |
Religion in a Revolutionary Society | 551 |
Old Gods and Modern Society | 579 |
Struggling with Secularization | 119 |
Islam and Westernization | 171 |
Religious Orthodoxy and Heresy in Political Culture | 199 |
A Religious Limbo | 231 |
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ASIA | 259 |
The Dream of an Islamic State | 261 |
The Politicization of a Sacred Society | 289 |
The Continuing Syncretism | 607 |
Religious Syncretism in a Secular Society | 629 |
Notes on the Contributors | 661 |
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